One mountain range called this includes the Pico de Orizaba, the third-highest peak in North America. That range is volcanic and dormant, as is the range by this name that straddles the border of Chile and Argentina. By contrast, another range by this name arose during the Alpine Orogeny at the collision zone of the African and Eurasian plates; the highest peak of that range is Mulhacen. The southern end of a different mountain range called this lies west of the Owens Valley and is drained by th
One mountain range called this includes the Pico de Orizaba, the third-highest peak in North America. That range is volcanic and dormant, as is the range by this name that straddles the border of Chile and Argentina. By contrast, another range by this name arose during the Alpine Orogeny at the collision zone of the African and Eurasian plates; the highest peak of that range is Mulhacen. The southern end of a different mountain range called this lies west of the Owens Valley and is drained by the Feather and Merced Rivers. That range was formed after comparatively recent volcanism on the western margin of the Basin and Range caused the upthrust of an eponymous batholith. For ten points, give this name that the range containing Mount Lyell and Mount Whitney shares with others once contained in the Spanish empire, whose name means "snowy mountain range."
One mountain range called this includes the Pico de Orizaba, the third-highest peak in North America.
{Sierra Nevada}